Road Maintenance Plan Needed: Trivers

Hunter River – Maintenance of existing
PEI roads should be planned at least 10 years in the future and the plan
published for public review.

“Government knows when and how our roads
were built, so they should be able to fairly accurately predict when roads are
expected to need repair,” says Trivers.

Each year government brings capital and
operating budgets to the floor of the legislature for debate. Every year MLA’s must pose questions to the
Minister of Transportation and attempt to find out what road work will be done
and where.

Reliable and efficient transportation
systems are necessary to move our goods to market.This is especially important for our
agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture industries.

“Roads are extremely important to Island
residents and businesses, and everyone wants to know when roads will be
re-surfaced or fixed.Government needs
to develop a long-term road maintenance plan, and release this plan to
Islanders for review and input.It just
makes common sense,” concluded Trivers.